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BMW might not be my favorite manufacturer, but I appreciated their willingness to show every step of the process. It was far and away the most automated, which makes good sense with their mass production business model.

Day 3 was long but engaging. After a 3 hour long bus ride, we arrived at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. I took the "applied sciences" part to be adjacent to our polytechnic program, as they work with industries on all research, studies, and thesis. The graduate students were really nice, and it was [...]

Well, my feet might not exist any more but it was a fun day. First, I had to get up early to go to Munich which was fine because I went to bed earlyish. The bus ride to Munich was fine. The cafeteria food at campus after we arrived to Munich was also pretty good [...]

Today we traveled to Munich to meet graduate students at one of Munich's universities, tour BMW's factory and eat at the famous Hofbrauhaus. I enjoyed getting to collaborate with these students and learn more about what school is like in Germany. BMW's factory tour really caught my interest more than the Mercedes-Benz and the Porsche [...]

Today we traveled to Munich from Stuttgart. Then we went to the University and had dinner and a lecture/project. This was really interesting to see how they do further education and how they do classes. Then we went to BMW for the factory tour. This tour was really interesting. You're lucky if we've seen 100 [...]

It was very interesting to work with the German masters students at Munich University of Applied Science. They had a different way of approaching problems then we did and coming up with different solutions. After this collaborative session, the tour of BMW was very in-depth and extensive. They have a much more automated factory approach [...]

Today we did BMW and met with the college in Munich. One of the students at the university was getting his masters in engineering and business which makes me a little more confident in my major, IBE, which is still unproven on where in industry it belongs as it covers essentially the same topics. The [...]

Today was the best so far. We had the longest tour by far at the BMW plant. It was also the most heavily automated. Watching all of the precise robots move in different directions, winding around without issue was a satisfaction I can't explain. The showroom (really a show building) was occupied by the CEO [...]

Today, we got to have a collaborative university session with Hochschule München, and meet some of the students who go there. It was really cool to be able to learn more about what they were studying, along with working on the case study with them and comparing what we've learned. We also got to tour [...]